Yarleen Santiago of Puerto Rico celebrat

Yarleen Santiago of Puerto Rico celebrates after scoring during their women's beach volleyball quarterfinals match against Cuba during the XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Octuber 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Juan Barreto (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

Yarleen Santiago and Yamileska Yantin of

Yarleen Santiago and Yamileska Yantin of Puerto Rico celebrate after scoring against Cuba during their women's beach volleyball quarterfinals match during the XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Octuber 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Juan Barreto (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

Yarleen Santiago (R) of Puerto Rico

Yarleen Santiago (R) of Puerto Rico tries to block a shot from Larissa Franca of Brazil during the women's beach volleyball semifinal match at the Guadalajara 2011 XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on October 20, 2011. AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO

Juliana Silva (R) of Puerto Rico

Juliana Silva (R) of Puerto Rico tries to block a shot from Juliana Silva of Brazil during the women's beach volleyball semifinal match at the Guadalajara 2011 XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on October 20, 2011. AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Thai player signals

A Thai player signals to her teammate during the women's beach volleyball event against Vietnam at the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) in Palembang, Sumatra province on November 15, 2011. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

An Indonesian player loses her balance d

An Indonesian player loses her balance during the women's beach volleyball match against Malaysia at the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) in Palembang, Sumatra province on November 15, 2011. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

Larissa Franca of Brazil holds the ball

Larissa Franca of Brazil holds the ball during the women's beach volleyball match against Cuba during the Guadalajara 2011 XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on October 18, 2011. AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO

Bibiana Candela of Mexico

Bibiana Candela of Mexico celebrates after scoring during their women's beach volleyball quarterfinals match against Colombia for the XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Octuber 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Juan Barreto

2nd Asian Beach Games - Day 9: Beach Volleyball

Xi Zhang of China celebrates victory in the Women's Beach Volleyball Gold medal match between China and Thailand at Al-Musannah Sports City during day nine of the 2nd Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010 on December 16, 2010 in Muscat, Oman. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

2nd Asian Beach Games - Day 9: Beach Volleyball

Xi Zhang and Chen Xue of China compete in the Women's Beach Volleyball Gold medal match between China and Thailand at Al-Musannah Sports City during day nine of the 2nd Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010 on December 16, 2010 in Muscat, Oman. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Beijing Grand Slam - Day 4

2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Beijing Grand Slam/ Getty Images

Brazilian Larissa Franca prepare to serv

Brazilian Larissa Franca prepare to serve during the pool A match Brazil team Larissa-Juliana vs German team Holtwick-Semmler at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rome on June 15, 2011. The championships runs until June 19. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI

US Kerri Walsh (C) and Misty May-Treanor

US Kerri Walsh (C) and Misty May-Treanor react as Brazilian Juliana Felisberta Silva (L) celebrates after winning their FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships final in Rome's Foro Italico on June 19, 2011. Brazil won the final. AFP PHOTO/ FILIPPO MONTEFORTE

Yarleen Santiago of Puerto Rico

Yarleen Santiago of Puerto Rico makes signs during the women's beach volleyball match against Canada during the XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on October 17, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Juan Barreto

Yamileska Yantin of Puerto Rico dives fo

Yamileska Yantin of Puerto Rico dives for the ball during the women's beach volleyball match against Argentina, at the XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on October 18, 2011. AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO

US Heather Hughes (R) smashes the ball

US Heather Hughes (R) smashes the ball in front of Fabiana Gomez (L) of Uruguay in the women's beach volleyball quarterfinal match against Uruguay during the XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Octuber 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Juan Barreto

Heather Banseley of Canada

Heather Banseley of Canada returns the ball during their women's beach volleyball quarterfinals match against Brazil for the XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Octuber 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Juan Barreto

Juliana Silva (R) and Larissa Franca of

Juliana Silva (R) and Larissa Franca of Brazil celebrate after scoring during a women's beach volleyball quarterfinals match against Canada during the XVI Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Octuber 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Juan Barreto

Finland's Emilia Nystrom

Finland's Emilia Nystrom makes signs during the match for the third place of the CEV women's European Beach Volleyball Championship in Berlin, on August 14, 2010. Erika Nystrom and her twin sister Emilia Nystrom won the match against Sanne Keizer and Marleen van Iersel of The Netherlands and took place three. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

Finland's Erika Nystrom makes signs duri

Finland's Erika Nystrom makes signs during the match for the third place of the CEV women's European Beach Volleyball Championship in Berlin, on August 14, 2010. Erika Nystrom and her twin sister Emilia Nystrom won the match against Sanne Keizer and Marleen van Iersel of The Netherlands and took place three. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

2nd Asian Beach Games - Day 3: Beach Volleyball

Instructions are given during the match between Xue Chen and Xue Chen of China against Siam Ayu and Capasiang Yokbeth of Indonesia in the Beach Volleyballl event at Al-Musannah Sports City during day three of the 2nd Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010 on December 10, 2010 in Muscat, Oman. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)